Tablecloth for Trays

ABSTRACT

TABLECLOTH FOR FAST FOOD TRAYS, WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND MADE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN NOTABLECLOTH ADVANTAGES IN THE HYGIENIC, PRACTICAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER, REGARDING OTHER EXISTING MEANS OF ANALOGUE PURPOSES. THE DESIGN IS INTENDED TO GUARANTEE HYGIENE AND NOT CONTAMINATION OF THE USERS HANDS, IN THE TRANSPORT OF THE TRAY.

THE PRESENT INVENTION, AS EXPRESSED IN THE STATEMENT OF THIS DESCRIPTIVE MEMORY REFERS A NEW TABLECLOTH FOR FAST FOOD TRAYS, WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND MADE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN NOTABLECLOTH ADVANTAGES IN THE HYGIENIC, PRACTICAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER, REGARDING OTHER EXISTING MEANS OF ANALOGUE PURPOSES. THE DESIGN IS INTENDED TO GUARANTEE HYGIENE AND NOT CONTAMINATION OF THE USERS HANDS, IN THE TRANSPORT OF THE TRAY.

FOR MANY YEARS AND MORE TODAY, THE HABIT OF CONSUMPTION OF THE SO-CALLED FAST FOODS. IN ESTABLISHMENTS FOR SUCH PURPOSE, IT IS VERY COMMON TO DELIVER TRAYS FOR CUSTOMERS TO BRING THEIR FOODS TO THE TABLECLOTHS.

ONCE USED, THE USER EMPTS THEM INTO A BASKET AND SUPPORTS THEM ON THE FURNITURE CONTAINING SUCH BASKET, GENERATING A PILE OF THEM, OR A PERSON FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT COMES TO PERFORM THAT FUNCTION.

IN SOME CASES, THEY ARE CLEANED WITH A CLOTH THAT GO WITH A SPRAY CLEANER, THE SAME AS THEY USE FOR THE TABLECLOTHS. IT IS A SURFACE CLEANING AND WHERE, ABOVE ALL, THEY SEEK TO REMOVE THE REMAINS OF FOOD AND DRESSINGS THAT ARE FOUND IN THE TRAYS.

FOOD COURT TRAYS FOR EXAMPLE OF SHOPPINGS ARE GATHERED BY CLEANING STAFF AND DISTRIBUTED BY FOOD LOCALS.

THE TRAYS ARE ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF CONTAMINATION AND TRANSMITION OF VIRUSES, BACTERIA AND GERMINS.

THE DINER, WHEN CARRYING THE TRAYS, GRASPS THE HANDLES OF THE SAME, WHICH ARE THE PART THAT IS LESS DIRTY WITH FOOD AND THE LESS CONSIDERED IN CLEANING, BUT IT IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF TRANSMISSION.

DESPITE DE FACT THAT THE TRAYS ARE DELIVERED WITH A TABLECLOTH (AN ADVERTISING AND HYGIENE ELEMENT WHERE FOOD, BREAD, SORBETS, COVERED, ETC. ARE SUPPORTED), THE HANDLES OF THE SAME ARE UNCOVERED, CONTAMINATING THE HANDS THAT THE USER WILL IMMEDIATELY USE WHETHER TO TAKE THE CUTLERY, THE GLASS, TO OPEN THE WRAPPING OF A BURGER, OR TO GRIP THE FOOD DIRECTLY, SUCH AS FRENCH FRIES, ONION RINGS, ETC.

WHEN YOU BUY A FAST-FOOD MENU, EVERYTHING IS PERSONAL (THE FOOD, THE UTENSILS, THE TABLECLOTH), EXCEPT THE TRAY WHICH IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS REUSED.

THE PRESENT INVENTION SOLVES THESE DISADVANTAGES THROUGH THE CONTINUITY OF THE TABLECLOTHS WITH AN ENVELOPE-SHAPED FLAP, WHICH FITS IN THE HANDLES OF THE TRAYS.

IN THIS WAY, THE USER NEVER TOUCHES THE TRAY, AVOIDING CONTAMINATION.

A SIMPLE SOLUTION, TOTALLY HYGIENIC, EASY TO MANUFACTURE AND VERY ECONOMIC.

THERE ARE MANY PATENTS OF TABLECLOTHS, FOR EXAMPLE THE PATENT: PI 9605708-4A, WITH DIFFERENT FRONT FLAGS THAT FOLD TO SEE THE MENU; THE PATENT: FR2197547 THAT HAS DIFFERENT REMOVABLE DIES FOR THE MENU; THE PATENT: FR2299836 (A1), WITH ADVERTISING DIES FOR PRODUCTS; THE PATENT: FR2760618 (A1), WITH DIES ON THE EDGES, THE PATENT: AU 2004100972A4; THE PATENT: ES1053560 (U) WHICH CONSISTS OF A BAG FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PREPARED FOOD CARRYING TABLECLOTHS IN ITS STRUCTURE; THE PATENT: ES2450792 (A1), WHICH CONSISTS OF A MATEL WITH CUTS FOR PUT NAPKINS, COVERS, ETC; AND FINALLY THE PATENT: MXPA04009595 (A), WHICH CONSISTS OF A BAG TRANSFORMABLE IN TABLECLOTH.

BUT NO ONE GIVES ANSWER TO THE SITUATION POSED AT A BEGINNING.

THE DISADVANTAGES DESCRIBED HAVE BEEN SOLVED THROUGH THIS INVENTION, CONSISTING OF A DISPOSABLE PAPER, PLASTIC, FABRIC, OR MATERIALS INTENDED FOR THIS PURPOSE, WITH DIFFERENT FINISHES, ADVERTISEMENTS, PROMOTIONS, SCRATCHES OR KEYBOARDS, AMONG OTHERS.

THE TABLECLOTH HAS A CONTINUITY IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, WHERE IT IS GENERATED TWO ENVELOPE SHAPED LAPELS AT THE ENDS, PLACED ON EACH HANDLE, COVERING THEM IN THEIR ENTIRETY, FROM BOTTOM AND ABOVE.

THE SHAPE OF THE TABLECLOTH CAN BE RECTANGULAR OR ANOTHER SHAPE THAT ADAPTS TO THE TRAY SHAPE.

THE FLAP IS FORMED BY FOLDING THE ENDS OF THE TABLECLOTH TO AN MEASURE THAT COVERS THE HANDLE, AND THE FREE EDGES OF THE FLAP ARE GLUED TO THE ENDS OF THE TABLECLOTH, GENERATING THE ENVELOPE, WHERE THE HANDLE IS PLACED.

THE ENVELOPE MAY BE IN THE SHAPE OF THE HANDLE OR IT MAY BE RECTANGULAR, THE SAME WIDTH OF THE TABLECLOTH.

THE MEASURE OF THE TABLECLOTH IS THE MEASURE OF THE TRAY, TAKING THE DISTANCE OF THE EDGES OF THE HANDLES, PLUS TWO DEPTHS OF THE TRAYS.

ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT THE FLAPES ARE CONTINUED WITH PART OF THE TABLECLOTH AND WHEN PLACING THE TWO, THE SUMMARY OF BOTH GENERATE THE DESIRED TABLECLOTH.

THE TABLECLOTH HAS PRE-MARKED FOLDING LINES OF THE BASE AND THICKNESSES OF THE TRAY AND THAT ONCE PLACED, THEY ADOPT THE INTERNAL PROFILE OF THE SAME.

IT IS PLACED FIRST ON A HANDLE MAKING A STOP ON IT AND THEN THE OTHER. WHEN WE SUPPORT THE GLASS, BURGERS OR ELEMENTS WITH WEIGHT OR BY HAND, THE TABLECLOTH TAKES THE SHAPE OF THE BASE OF THE TRAY AND THICKNESSES.

ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS TO PLACE ON THE TABLECLOTH (FROM THE LONGITUDINAL ENDS), TWO FREE ENDS THAT ARE PLACED AND SLIDES THROUGH THE HANDLES THAT WORK AS GUIDES, UNTIL THE TOTALITY OF THE TABLECLOTH IS PLACED AT THE LOWER ENDS.

ALSO, ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT THE FLAP COMES SUPPLIED WITH A TAPE WITH ADHESIVE TO STICK TO THE TRAYS.

ANOTHER OPTION IS THAT THEY ALSO COVER THE THICKNESSES OF THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE TRAYS.

ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT THE NEW TABLECLOTH HAS TWO FOLDED BARRIERS, WHICH UNFOLD OUT THE HANDLES FROM THE MENU THAT IS ON THE TRAY.

IN ORDER THAT THE UTILITY MODEL IS CLEARLY INTERPRETED AND TAKEN TO THE PRACTICE WITH EASE, THE ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWINGS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED ACCOMPANY THIS MEMORY, IN WHICH:

FIG. 1 IS A PERSPECTIVE OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH AND TRAY.

FIG. 2 IS A TOP VIEW OF THE TRAY, WITH CONVENTIONAL TABLECLOTH AND WITH THE NEW HANDLE PROTECTIVE TABLECLOTH.

FIG. 3 IS A BOTTOM VIEW OF THE TRAY WITH THE NEW HANDLE PROTECTOR TABLECLOTH.

FIG. 4 IS A VIEW OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH, WITH ITS LAPELS AND ENVELOPES PLACED ON THE TRAY, FROM A VIEW OF THE BASE OF THIS.

FIG. 5 SHOWS A WAY TO PLACE THE NEW TABLECLOTH AND ITS FINAL RESULT.

FIG. 6 IS A VARIANT OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH, COVERING THE FOUR EDGES OF THE DEPTH OF THE TRAY.

FIG. 7 IS A PERSPECTIVE OF A VARIANT OF PLACEMENT OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH, USING THE HANDLES AS A GUIDE.

FIG. 8 SHOWS A VARIANT OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH, WHERE THE PROTECTION OF AN ADHESIVE TAPE IS TAKEN OFF, AND ITS FINAL RESULT.

FIG. 9 SHOWS THE NEW TABLECLOTH IN TWO PARTS, AND ITS FINAL RESULT.

FIG. 10 SHOWS THE NEW TABLECLOTH WITH TWO BARRIERS SEPARATING THE MENU HANDLES.

IN FIG. 1 WE SEE A PERSPECTIVE OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1), WITH PRE-MARKED LINES OF FOLDING (2) WITH A SEPARATION BETWEEN THEM, CORRESPONDING TO THE WIDTH OF THICKNESS OF THE TRAY. WE ALSO SEE A PERSPECTIVE OF THE TRAY (3) WITH THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1) PLACED, AND WE SEE HOW THE PRE-CONFORMED FOLDING LINES (2) COPY THE INTERNAL PROFILE OF THE TRAY (3).

IN FIG. 2 WE SEE A TOP VIEW OF THE TRAY (3) WITH A CONVENTIONAL TABLECLOTH, AND HOW THE USER'S HANDS (6) GRIP THE HANDLES (5) OF THE TRAY (3) WITHOUT ANY KIND OF PROTECTION. WE ALSO OBSERVE A TOP VIEW OF THE TRAY (3) AND THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1), WHERE IT COVERS THE HANDLES (5) OF THE TRAY (3), AND THE USER'S HANDS (6) GRIP THEM WITH ITS PROTECTION.

IN FIG. 3 WE SEE A BOTTOM VIEW OF THE TRAY (3) WITH A CONVENTIONAL TABLECLOTH, AND HOW THE USER'S HANDS (6) GRIP THE HANDLES (5) OF THE TRAY (3) WITHOUT ANY KIND OF PROTECTION. WE ALSO OBSERVE A BOTTOM VIEW OF THE TRAY (3) AND THE NEW TABLECLOTH, WHERE IT COVERS THE HANDLES (5) OF THE TRAY (3), AND THE USER'S HANDS (6) GRIP THEM WITH ITS PROTECTION.

FIG. 4 IS A PERSPECTIVE OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH (WITH ITS LAPELS) PLACED ON THE TRAY, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE BASE OF THIS ONE. FIG. 4 IS A PERSPECTIVE OF THE BACK OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1), WHERE WE SEE THE FLAP (7). FIG. 4b IS A PERSPECTIVE OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1) POSITIONED ON THE TRAY (3). FIG. 4c IS A PERSPECTIVE OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1) ADJUSTED TO THE TRAY (3).

IN FIG. 5 WE SEE A LONGITUDINAL CUT OF THE TRAY (3) AND THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1), IN ADDITION TO A WAY TO PLACE THIS ONE (1). FIG. 5 SHOWS THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1) AND THE TRAY (3). FIG. 5b SHOWS HOW THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1) IS PLACED, FIRST ON A HANDLE. THEN IN FIG. 5c WE POSITION THE TABLECLOTH (AFTER WE HAVE PLACED THE OTHER HANDLE) IN THE CENTER OF THE TRAY, SO THAT, AS SHOWN IN FIG. 5d , WHEN PLACING WEIGHT (BURGER, GLASSES, ETC) OR SUPPORTING THE HAND, THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1) COPY THE INTERNAL PROFILE OF THE TRAY (3) AND FIT THE FLAP TO THE HANDLES (5).

FIG. 6 SHOWS A VARIANT OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH, COVERING ALL FOUR DEPTH EDGES OF THE TRAY. FIG. 6 IS A TOP VIEW OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1) WITH THE VARIANT AS SEEN IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE TRAY (3). FIG. 6b , SHOWS HOW THE FOUR DEPTH EDGES OF THE TRAY ARE COVERED.

FIG. 7 IS A PERSPECTIVE OF A VARIANT OF PLACEMENT OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1), USING THE HANDLES (5) AS GUIDES. THE LAPELS (7) HAVE TWO FREE EDGES (9) WHICH ARE POSITIONED AND SLIDE THROUGH THE GUIDES UNTIL THEY STOP WITH THE TRAY HANDLES (3) AND THE CLOSED ENDS (8).

FIG. 8 IS A PERSPECTIVE OF A VARIANT OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1), WHERE THE PREMARKED FOLD LINES (2) ARE SEEN AND THE LAPELS (7) HAVE THEIR EDGES (9) UNSEALED. IN THESE LAPELS, THE PROTECTION OF AN ADHESIVE TAPE (10) THAT IS GOING TO BE STICKED TO THE BASE OF THE TRAY (3) IS REMOVED.

FIG. 9 IS A PERSPECTIVE OF A VARIANT OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH. THE SAME IS IN TWO PART (1 a) AND (1 b), EACH ONE WITH ITS FOLDING LINES (2) AND OVERLAPS (7) THAT ARE ADJUST TO HANDLES (5). THE SUMMARY OF BOTH PARTS, (1 a) AND (1 b), GENERATE THE DESIRED TABLECLOTH.

FIG. 10 IS A PERSPECTIVE OF A VARIANT OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH WITH TWO BARRIERS THAT SEPARATE THE HANDLES FROM THE MENU. IN FIG. 10a ) YOU CAN SEE THE NEW TABLE (1) WITH THE TWO BARRIERS (11) FOLDED. IN FIG. 10b ) THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1) IS SEEN WITH THE BARRIERS (11) UNFOLDED. IN FIG. 10c ) THE NEW TABLECLOTH (1) IS SEEN WITH THE BARRIERS (11) UNFOLDED AND THE FLAPS (7) COVERING THE TRAY HANDLES (3). 

1- NEW TABLECLOTH FOR FAST FOOD TRAYS, WHICH COVERS ITS HANDLES (MAIN FOCUS FOR TRANSMITTING GERM, BACTERIA AND VIRUSES), ACHIEVING NO CONTAMINATION OF THE HANDS IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE TRAYS BY THE USERS WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN CONTACT DIRECT WITH THE HANDLES OF THESE ONES. THIS TABLECLOTH IS CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING A CONTINUITY IN THE LONGITUDINAL SENSE, WHERE TWO FLAGS ARE GENERATED WHEN FOLDING THE ENDS OF THIS ONE (TO THE EXTENT THAT IT COVERS THE HANDLES) AND THE FREE EDGES OF THE FLAP ARE GLUED TO THE ENDS OF THE BODY OF THIS TABLECLOTH. IN THIS WAY, THE ENVELOPE WHERE THE HANDLE IS PLACED IS GENERATED, COVERING BOTH ITS TOP AND BOTTOM PART, AND WHERE THE WIDTH OF THE TABLECLOTH IS THE SAME AS THE TRAY, WHILE ITS LENGTH IS THE MEASUREMENT OF THE TRAY (TAKING THE DISTANCE FROM THE EXTERNALS EDGES OF THE HANDLES PLUS TWO DEPTHS OF THE SAME), POSSESSING PRE-MARKED FOLDING LINES OF THE BASE AND THICKNESSES OF THE TRAY. THIS TABLECLOTH IS MADE OF DISPOSABLE MATERIAL, WHETHER PAPER, PLASTIC OR FABRIC; OR FROM MATERIALS INTENDED FOR SUCH PURPOSE (WITH A DIFFERENT FINISH, ADVERTISEMENTS, PROMOTIONS, FAST-FOOD MENU, SCRATCHES, KEYBOARDS, AMONG OTHERS). 2- NEW TABLECLOTH FOR TRAYS ACCORDING TO REINDICATION 1, WHERE THE SHAPE OF THE NEW TABLECLOTH CAN BE RECTANGULAR, OR ANOTHER SHAPE THAT ADAPTS TO THE SHAPE OF THE TRAY. 3- NEW TABLECLOTH FOR TRAYS ACCORDING TO REINDICATION 1 AND 2, WHERE THE FLAP AND THE ENVELOPE MAY HAVE FAITHFUL HANDLE SHAPE, OR MAY BE RECTANGULAR SHAPE, WITH THE SAME WIDTH OF THE TABLE. 4- NEW TABLECLOTH FOR TRAYS ACCORDING TO REINDICATION 1, 2 AND 3, WHERE ANOTHER OPTION IS THAT ALSO COVERS THE THICKNESSES OF THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE TRAYS. 5- NEW TABLECLOTH FOR TRAYS ACCORDING TO REINDICATION 1, 2, 3 AND 4, WHERE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT THE FLAGS ARE CONTINUED WITH PART OF THE TABLECLOTH, AND WHEN PLACING THE TWO, THE SUMMARY OF BOTH GENERATE THE DESIRED TABLE. 6- NEW TABLECLOTH FOR TRAYS ACCORDING TO REINDICATION 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 5, WHERE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT THE FLAGS HAVE THEIR EDGES UNSEALED, WITHOUT GENERATING THE ENVELOPE, AND COME SUPPLIED WITH A TAPE WITH ADHESIVE TO ADHE IT TO THE TRAYS. 7- NEW TABLECLOTH FOR TRAYS ACCORDING TO REINDICATION 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 6, WHERE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT IT HAS TWO FOLDED BARRIERS WHICH WHEN UNFOLDING AND PLACING THE FOOD, SEPARATE IT FROM HANDLES. 8- NEW TABLECLOTH FOR TRAYS ACCORDING TO REINDICATION 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 AND 7, WHERE THE PLACEMENT SEQUENCE IS: FIRST, PLACE A HANDLE; THEN POSITION THE TABLECLOTH; LATER (AFTER PLACING THE OTHER HANDLE) WHEN PLACING WEIGHT (BURGER, GLASSES, HANDS, ETC) IN THE CENTER OF THE TABLECLOTH, THE SAME COPIES THE INTERNAL PROFILE OF THE TRAY, THANKS TO THE PREMARKED FOLDING LINES, AND SO THE FOLDING LINES ONLY ADJUST TO HANDLES. 9- NEW TABLECLOTH FOR TRAYS ACCORDING TO REINDICATION 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 8, WHERE ANOTHER WAY OF PLACEMENT IS TO USE THE HANDLES AS GUIDES, HAVING TWO FREE ENDS OF THE FLAPS THAT ARE POSITIONED, AND THEN SLIDING THROUGH THE HANDLES UNTIL IT REACHES THE STOP AT THEIR SEALED ENDS. 10- NEW TABLECLOTH FOR TRAYS ACCORDING TO REINDICATION 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 AND 9, WHERE THE NEW TABLE COVER CAN BE NON-DISPOSABLE. 